A military helicopter carrying 20 passengers, including officials, crashed in the Anar Dana district here on Wednesday.
Spokesman for the ground forces unit of the corps Noorulhaq Khaliqi mentioned that head of Farah Provincial Council Farid Bakhtawar was on board during the time of the crash along with Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the 207 Zafar Military Corps Nematullah Khalil and a member of the provincial council, Jamila Amini.
The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.
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